The Nobook app works as a wrapper around the Facebook website, so it's almost like opening the Facebook URL in your default browser. By doing it this way, the app is able to block the things you don't ...

One St. Petersburg woman quit her job at a municipal agency to avoid installing the app. Siberian university students were told they couldn’t take final exams, or even threatened with expulsion, if ...

Meta has discontinued Facebook Messenger’s native desktop app for Mac and Windows, ending access to the standalone application on December 15, 2025, and directing users to continue using the messaging ...

RIP to Facebook Messenger’s desktop app. The native app for Mac and Windows is no longer available to users as of today, December 15, 2025, and existing users are being directed to the Facebook ...

The Facebook Messenger desktop app for macOS is being axed on December 15, forcing Mac users into using the web version, for better or worse. At the time, Facebook had already pulled the app from the ...

Meta’s tired of maintaining the Mac and Windows Messenger desktop apps, so the company’s shutting them down in December 2025. If you haven’t set up a way to save your chats to view in the mobile apps ...

Both desktop apps have been removed from app stores and will stop working in December. Both desktop apps have been removed from app stores and will stop working in December. is a senior editor and ...

Meta is officially winding down its Messenger desktop apps for Windows and macOS, marking the end of standalone access to Facebook’s messaging service on computers. The company confirmed that the apps ...

Meta is shutting down its Messenger app for macOS and Windows and pushing users to the web. Meta confirmed over email to Engadget that the app will be fully shutdown on December 15, after which the ...